Let’s talk about term limits. Everyone knows that term limits would be beneficial to our country, yet those who will vote on such measures refused to do so because they themselves are probably career politicians. So, there is no way to limit the federal level unless we do it at the state level. What am I talking about? I’m talking about limiting the years of service of those we send to Washington DC by setting up a constitutional amendment at the state level! Yes, a simple amendment to the Kansas constitution could easily limit those we send to Washington DC.
Term limits of 12 years for all elected offices could be a simple amendment to the Kansas constitution. This amendment would include those serving at the city and county levels as well as the state and federal level period now while some people would argue that at the city and county level it is hard to find someone to fill those elected posts. I disagree. It is the duty of all American citizens to serve their country in some role throughout their life. Some consider jury duty good enough, others think running for office is the way they should go. The problem is that when we have career politicians were more likely to see corruption. By limiting their service to 12 years total we could cut back on corruption.
We only need to look at Washington DC and the many years that people like Nancy Pelosi, Chuck Schumer, Mitch McConnell it’s some of the others have been in office to see that we need a way to control those we sent to Washington DC. There’s even one representative from the state of Alaska that has been in office in that same position for almost 50 years! And the American people wonder why there isn’t any change in Washington DC! These people go to Washington DC saying that they’ll change things they go and see a cesspool and then they find out it’s a Whirlpool and refuse to leave. So, it is up to people like you and I to make those changes. If the state of Kansas sets up a term limit to representatives and senators that we send to Washington DC other states will follow.
Not only do we need to have term limits of 12 years for elected offices, but we should also have term limits for heads of bureaucracies in government. I am not opposed to someone serving a career in an office at any level, it is serving at the head of that office or bureaucracy that becomes a problem. It is easy for a person to become corrupted if they find that they have power and there’s no one there to hold them in check with an election. I believe these two changes would have an immense effect on government.
One can look at senator Jerry Moran service in Washington DC and say that he’s had a long run. He’s been there too long because he has forgotten the people of Kansas. Former Senator Pat Roberts was that way as well. Times are changing and we must for the sake of our country make these changes at the state level to make changes and control the federal level. Our founding fathers set our country up in a way that made the states more powerful than the federal government, yet we see the opposite, but it is happening now.
They say stupidity is doing the same thing repeatedly, yet we elect career politicians to the same office year after election year. It’s time to put this stupidity away and make changes and limit those who are elected. Perhaps they will stay more focused and won’t be easily corrupted. Many of these career politicians just laugh when they hear that somebody else is going to run against them because they have a war chest for elections that prevents the little guys like you and I even running for office. We must make changes at the state level before we can see any changes on the national level.
Educated Cowpuncher 